Hamlin wins Phoenix pole: #11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light pole for the Quicken Loans Race For Heroes 500(k) Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway with speed of 142.113mph for his 3rd pole of 2014, 2nd at Phoenix and 20th of his career. Hamlin has won three races from the pole out of 19 previous poles. #22-Logano set the track record in 1st round of qualifying with a lap of 142.141mph.
#2-Keselowski is on the outside pole followed by #4-Harvick, #22-Logano, #20-Kenseth, #18-Busch, #24-Gordon, #42-Larson, #55-Vickers, #41-Busch, #27-Menard and #13-Mears.
Missing the race were: @75-Clay Rogers, who was 40th fastest and had no provisional available to use.(11-7-2014)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Phoenix:
#11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 27th Annual Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 with a lap of 25.332 seconds, 142.113 mph.
This is his 20th pole in 325 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He ties Neil Bonnett and Benny Parsons for 35th on the all-time series pole list.
This is his third pole and 15th top-10 start in 2014.
This is his second pole in 19 races at Phoenix International Raceway.
#2-Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 27th top-10 start of 2014 and his third in 11 races at Phoenix International Raceway.
#4-Kevin Harvick (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at Phoenix International Raceway. It is his 24th in 35 races this season.
#22-Joey Logano broke the track qualifying record in the first round of qualifying with a lap of 142.141 mph/25.327 seconds. The previous record was set by Brad Keselowski in February of 2014 (139.384 mph/25.828 seconds).(NASCAR Statistics)(11-7-2014)

Coverage of Qualifying for the Quicken Loans Race For Heroes 500(k) Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway is scheduled for Friday, November 7, 2014 at 6:45pm/et.Television (TV): ESPN2, 6:30pm/etRadio: Live online at Motor Racing Network (MRN)Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: none

Qualifying Progression:
driver that was fastest after the first session, the second session and the pole winner from the final session of group qualifying.
First Session: #22-Logano, 142.141mph, starts 4th
Final Session: #11-Hamlin, 142.113mph, starts 1st on the pole

Friday practice for the Quicken Loans Race For Heroes 500(k) Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway is over, after 90 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest and notes:
#4-Harvick 141.521
#42-Larson 141.471
#2-Keselowski 140.851
#41-Busch 140.526
#88-Earnhardt Jr. 140.362
18 drivers were faster than the track record speed
slowest: #36-Sorenson 133.978 & #32-Gase 134.665
if speeds stayed the same, missing the race would be #75-Rogers who was 38th fastest, Rogers needs to qualify in the top 36 to make the race
notes: in the unlikely event that qualifying is cancelled due to weather (0% chance of rain tonight), this practice would set the starting lineup.
Track record is 139.384mph, set in March 2014 by #2-Keselowski.
See fastest speeds, laps run, best 10 consecutive lap average on the Phoenix Practice 1 Speeds page (pdf).(11-7-2014)

Ties are broken as follows:
1) Owners Points
2) Best finishes, most wins, 2nds, 3rds and so on until the tie is broken
3) If tie still remains, then the team with the highest position first breaks the tie
(so if two are ties, both have a win, then the team who won first gets the spot)